Biography

Scissor wizard Owen Gildersleeve has been hand-crafting illustration, typography and set design out of meticulously cut-out paper since he graduated from the University of Brighton in 2011. His experimental way with paper and a craft knife has caught him the attention of a host of brands who have wanted a snippet of his immediate, happy and craft-oriented aesthetic on their product or magazine cover. Owen often collaborates with photographers, animators and stylists to help bring his ideas to life. “I like anything fun and engaging that will push and challenge my work,” says London-based Owen. “I am trying to push towards more set design and artistic work which will give me a little more creative freedom.”

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Scissor wizard Owen Gildersleeve has been hand-crafting illustration, typography and set design out of meticulously cut-out paper since he graduated from the University of Brighton in 2011. His experimental way with paper and a craft knife has caught him the attention of a host of brands who have wanted a snippet of his immediate, happy and craft-oriented aesthetic on their product or magazine cover. Owen often collaborates with photographers, animators and stylists to help bring his ideas to life. “I like anything fun and engaging that will push and challenge my work,” says London-based Owen. “I am trying to push towards more set design and artistic work which will give me a little more creative freedom.”

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Biography

Scissor wizard Owen Gildersleeve has been hand-crafting illustration, typography and set design out of meticulously cut-out paper since he graduated from the University of Brighton in 2011. His experimental way with paper and a craft knife has caught him the attention of a host of brands who have wanted a snippet of his immediate, happy and craft-oriented aesthetic on their product or magazine cover. Owen often collaborates with photographers, animators and stylists to help bring his ideas to life. “I like anything fun and engaging that will push and challenge my work,” says London-based Owen. “I am trying to push towards more set design and artistic work which will give me a little more creative freedom.”

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Biography

Scissor wizard Owen Gildersleeve has been hand-crafting illustration, typography and set design out of meticulously cut-out paper since he graduated from the University of Brighton in 2011. His experimental way with paper and a craft knife has caught him the attention of a host of brands who have wanted a snippet of his immediate, happy and craft-oriented aesthetic on their product or magazine cover. Owen often collaborates with photographers, animators and stylists to help bring his ideas to life. “I like anything fun and engaging that will push and challenge my work,” says London-based Owen. “I am trying to push towards more set design and artistic work which will give me a little more creative freedom.”

Owen Gildersleeve

Juhla Mokka

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Kimmo Virtanen

A collaboration with Janine Rewell for the Finnish coffee company Paulig. Janine designed a special edition tin for Paulig's Juhla Mokka coffee. Using her vector illustration as inspiration Owen was then commissioned to turn her image into a set, in which the tin would be photographed for Paulig's advertising campaign.

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Innovation Labs

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Illustration for Fast Company magazine to accompany a feature article about large companies purchasing smaller companies and research labs in order to improve themselves and enhance their own products.

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Do Something

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Cover illustration for the first edition of the The Guardian’s new lifestyle magazine Do Something. The typographic illustration is inspired by makers marks and incorporates all of the featured articles in the magazine.